跟艾米莉一起學口語 第575期:和不同身份的人打招呼
有什麼可以爲您效勞?
What can I do for you today?
How may I help you?
May I help you?
Can I be of any help?
Can I be at your service?
您是做什麼工作的？
What do you do?
What do you do for a living?
A: Hey! Gina. How are things?
嘿，吉娜，最近如何？
B: Great. Mr Jones. What can I do for you today?
我很好，瓊斯先生，有什麼需要爲您效勞的嗎？
A: I'm preparing for my first meet-and-greet tomorrow morning. Can you give me any advice?
我正在準備明天早上第一次的見面會，你可以給我什麼建議嗎？
B: Sure. First, as a famous writer, it's important that you greet people properly. If you're speaking to a businessman, I suggest saying, "Good morning, I'm Brendon Jones. How do you do?"
當然可以，首先身爲一位著名的作家，以正確的方式跟大家問候是很重要的。假設您在和一位商業人士說話，我建議您說：“早上好，我是布蘭登瓊斯，你好嗎？”
A: And what do I say to a teenager?
那我該怎麼跟年輕人說話呢？
B: keep it casual. Something like: "Morning, what's happening?"
保持隨性一點，說像“早上好，有什麼新鮮事嗎“之類的話。
A: Shouldn't I say: "what's up?"
我該說“嘿，怎麼了嗎？”
B: No! Definitely not, that's too casual. Only teenage friends would say that.
不，萬萬不可。那樣又太隨意了，只有年輕朋友之間纔會這樣說。
A: And what about someone I have met before? Should I say: "I haven't seen you in years?"
那如果遇到舊時呢，我該說“我好幾年沒有見到你了“嗎？
B: It's better to say: "what a pleasant surprise seeing you here".
說“在這裏遇見你，真是個令人愉快的驚喜”比較好。
